Leopard Bear Safari
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Wilpattu National Park
Arrive in Wilpattu National Park, met and transferred to your accommodation. Wilpattu gives the same headline animals as Yala with space to enjoy them — the thinking traveller's choice.
Wilpattu National Park
Search the palu groves for bears and the lakesides for cats. Game drives among the villus for leopard and sloth bear.
Wilpattu National Park
A long, quiet day in the wilderness, working the forest lakes. Arrive at Colombo and transfer to Wilpattu National Park. Game drives among the villus for leopard and sloth bear.
Wilpattu National Park
Dawn and dusk drives for predators around the water.
To Yala National Park
Transfer to Yala National Park. Game drives in Block 1 for leopard, with elephant and crocodile by the lagoons. Arrive at Colombo and transfer to Yala National Park.
Yala National Park
Dawn and dusk drives targeting the cats on the rocks and tracks. Search the palu groves for sloth bear and the scrub for leopard.
Yala National Park
Search the palu groves for sloth bear and the scrub for leopard. A full day in the park, working the coast and the waterholes.
Yala National Park
A full day in the park, working the coast and the waterholes. Yala put Sri Lanka on the safari map — leopard sightings here rival the best private reserves anywhere.
Departure
A final morning in Yala National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
Dry season. Long viewing window for leopard and bear; Jun–Jul peaks for bears.
Good season
Greener and quieter after the rains, with good general game.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Leopard Trails
A premium mobile tented camp run by top naturalist guides — Wilpattu's best for serious wildlife.
Wild Coast Tented Lodge
Cocoon-like tented suites on the wild Yala coast — the island's most dramatic safari lodge.
Uga Ulagalla
A heritage estate of villas in paddy and forest, an elegant base for Wilpattu and the north-west.
Uga Chena Huts
Thatched cabins with private plunge pools on the beach at Yala's edge — refined and secluded.
Big Game Camp Wilpattu
A no-frills tented camp close to the park gate, built around the game drives.
Cinnamon Wild Yala
A relaxed cabin lodge inside the buffer, with wildlife wandering through — great access and value.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.